EP3731598A3 - Additive manufacturing apparatus and modification method therefor - Google Patents

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EP3731598A3
EP3731598A3 EP20166681.5A EP20166681A EP3731598A3 EP 3731598 A3 EP3731598 A3 EP 3731598A3 EP 20166681 A EP20166681 A EP 20166681A EP 3731598 A3 EP3731598 A3 EP 3731598A3
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Shigenobu EGUCHI
Shinya Imano
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05BELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
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    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23KSOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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    • B23KSOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
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    • HELECTRICITY
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Abstract

An additive manufacturing apparatus that makes it unnecessary to use a heater power supply, and makes it possible to attempt to reduce the cost, by effectively using an electron beam, and a modification method therefor are provided.In an additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a conductive stage 2 arranged in a vacuum chamber 1; a conductive base plate 3 arranged on a top side of the stage 2; a metal-material supply device 5 that supplies a metal material 4 onto a top side of the base plate 3; an electron beam gun 7 that irradiates, with an electron beam 6, the metal material 4 supplied by the metal-material supply device 5, and melts and solidifies the metal material 4; a grounding circuit 8 that grounds the stage 2 and the base plate 3; and a controller 9 that controls the metal-material supply device 5 and the electron beam gun 7. The additive manufacturing apparatus includes a resistance heating element 11 that is arranged between the stage 2 and the base plate 3, and generates heat by a current produced by electron-beam emission from the electron beam gun 7.
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